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And we're back! After a six-month hiatus, the podcast is back. Today I'm welcoming back, Niro Feliciano. Niro and I discuss finding peace and calm during the holiday season--managing the stress around 'making magic', buying gifts, decorating, and coping with challenging relationships. LINKS: Niro's Book: All Is Calmish: How to Feel Less Frantic and More Festive During the Holidays Niro's Website

In today's episode, I'm speaking with Jessica Slice. Jessica is a disabled author, speaker, and essayist. In her 20s, Jessica fell ill on a hike in Greece and has since been slowing learning to navigate life as a disabled person. In her work, she shines a light on the amazing ways that disabled parents navigate and innovate in the world. I appreciate the way that she opened my eyes to this journey that so many parents are on across the globe. Jessica's new book, Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World, hits the shelves this month. Get it touch with Jessica: Website Instagram Get the Book SPONSORS Team Supercrew - visit teamsupercrew.com and use the code SIMPLEFAMILIES for 10% off

In this episode, I'm chatting with you about moral development. The study of moral development helps us to understand how humans learn right from wrong, make decisions, and internalize a value set. I'll share about the typical developmental stages and how this topic can help us to better understand parenting strategies and child behavior. Sponsors: Team Supercrew - visit teamsupercrew.com and use the code SIMPLEFAMILIES for 10% off Prepdish - visit prepdish.com/families for 2 weeks free

Love is love. But in today's world our growing children are experiencing rapidly shifting messages about identity and commitment. Sometimes our own life experiences around first love can help us to guide our children. Yet often, as parents, we can feel confusion around processing this new milestone in our ever-changing world. In this episode I'm chatting with Lisa Phillips, the author of First Love: Guiding Teens through Relationships and Heartbreak. Lisa's New Book: First Love Lisa's Website: LisaAmyPhillips.com SPONSORS: Cozy Earth - Visit cozyearth.com and use code SIMPLE and get 40% off Air Doctor - Go to airdoctorpro.com and use code FAMILIES and to receive up to $300 off

I don't know about you, but I find it difficult to delegate tasks in both my work and family life. Often, I find myself deciding that it's easier to do things myself rather than enlist the help of supportive people. In this episode, I'm excited to chat with Emily King, CEO and co-founder of Faye. Emily experienced the overwhelm that comes with balancing parenthood and a demanding job, and she created a whole business dedicated to help parents delegate. SPONSORS: Cozy Earth - Visit cozyearth.com and use code SIMPLE and get 40% off Air Doctor - Go to airdoctorpro.com and use code FAMILIES and to receive up to $300 off Prep Dish - Get two weeks free at prepdish.com/families

Leadership is built into parenthood. In today's episode I welcome Adam Galinsky, a renowned social psychologist and Columbia Business School professor. Adam is the author of the brand new book, Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others. He has more than 300 scientific publications and a TED Talk viewed 7.5 million times. Although he may never have set out to speak to an audience of parents, Adam naturally made the connection between his research on leadership and his experience as a parent of two young boys. Inspire reveals the spectrum that we function on as parents and leaders--often landing somewhere between inspiring and infuriating. SPONSORS: Jenni Kayne: Get 15% off your first order when you use code FAMILIES15. LMNT: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/Families Prep Dish: Get two weeks free at prepdish.com/families

In today's episode, author Eli Harwood joins us to explain what it means to be securely attached and why it matters. Eli is a mother and therapist known widely on the internet as the Attachment Nerd. She shares her own experiences as well as tools to build the connection we need to help our children thrive. LINKS: Eli's Website Eli's New Book: Raising Securely Attached Kids Eli on Instagram SPONSORS: LMNT - Get your free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/Families Jenni Kayne - Get 15% off your first order when you use code FAMILIES15 at checkout.

Many of us (myself included) strive to develop more effective and efficient routines. Sometimes, we fail to realize that we have more functional systems in place than we realize. Personally, I've set lofty goals for improving routines in cleaning, homework, exercise, the morning hustle, etc. Those systems generally fail. What I have found does work is to do what I call, "obstacle-identification-and-removal". I'm sharing a little about that and some examples of how it has been useful for my home. SPONSORS LMNT Get your free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/Families. Jenni Kayne Our listeners get 15% off your first order with code FAMILIES15 at checkout PrepDish Get two weeks free!

I'm excited to welcome my minimalist friend Zoe Kim back to the podcast to chat about what minimalism looks like with older kids. Zoe, an author and mother of four, is sharing some of her favorite tips, along with some of the wisdom that she used to build her simple home a few years ago. LINKS: Zoe's Custom Ikea Closet Zoe's Book, The Minimalist Family Zoe's Website, Raising Simple Zoe on Instagram Zoe and Matt's Weekend Workshop: Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff SPONSOR: Head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code FAMILIES and you’ll receive UP TO $300 off air purifiers! Exclusive to podcast customers, you will also receive a free 3 year warranty on any unit, which is an additional $84 value.

"Resilience is being able to handle the bad stuff over time and to know you are not doing it alone." - Tovah Klein Ph.D., author of Raising Resilience In today's world of uncertainty, resilience is an indispensable trait that our children will need as they grow. In this episode, I'm chatting with Dr. Tovah Klein, the bestselling author of the brand new book Raising Resilience. Tovah talks me through my own recent resilience-building experiences and together we reflect on what it looks like to help our children thrive. Get in touch with Tovah: Book: Raising Resilience: How to Help Our Children Thrive in Times of Uncertainty Website: https://howtoddlersthrive.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtoddlersthrive SPONSORS: Prep Dish: Get two weeks free prepdish.com/families Jenni Kayne Get 15% off with code FAMILIES15 at jennykayne.com Airdoctor: Save up to $300 on air purifiers at airdoctorpro.com with promo code FAMILIES

In this episode, I'm discussing two valuable principles in parenting: co-regulation and declarative language. I recently read two short books by the same author (Linda K. Murphy) with tools that have proven useful in both my own parenting and in my therapy practice. I'm giving you a quick overview of these tools and tips for integrating them into your own life (with both kids and adults!). Links Linda K. Murphy's Website + Books SPONSOR: Airdoctor - Go to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code FAMILIES and you’ll receive UP TO $300 off airpurifiers. You will also receive a free 3 year warranty on any unit, which is an additional $84 value.

We are currently packing the whole house into boxes to move out for renovations. Therefore, I've been reflecting a lot on our journey towards minimalism. In today's episode, I'm talking about minimizing the "stuff" in all parts of the home--kitchen, bath, closets, wardrobe, drop zone, etc. SPONSOR Try two weeks of PrepDish for free: prepdish.com/families

Safe and healthy screen use is a topic on my mind...all.the.time. In today's episode, I'm sharing some rambling thoughts about how I'm making decisions for my kids (ages 8 and 10) around things like smart watches, YouTube, phones, content restrictions, and much more. In this episode I'm sharing many of my own thoughts and opinions, so please take what works for you and leave what doesn't. How are you managing screens at home? What's working and what isn't working? Link from today's episode: Gryphon Parental Monitoring Router Sponsor: PrepDish - prepdish.com/families for two weeks free

There are widely held assumptions about the adolescent years--many of which are negative. My guest today, Ellen Galinsky, challenges many of the stereotypes that we've come to believe about teens. In this chat she shares the basic needs of adolescents to help us better understand what they need (and want) from us. Her research supports collaborating with children during these years of growth, rather than trying to hold tight in controlling them. Book: The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens  Website: Ellen Galinsky SPONSOR PrepDish -prepdish.com/families for two weeks free.

Most of us have a conflicted relationship with social media and online life. For today's episode I'm chatting with author Kara Alaimo. Kara's new book, Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls - And How We Can Take it Back, debuts this month. In our conversation we are sifting through a variety of topics related to how we are influenced as parents and how we can be thoughtful when leading our children into a more mindful online space. Due to some sensitive content, this episode should be first previewed without young children present. Sponsor: Prepdish - Get two weeks free at prepdish.com/families